Of Reading.
Proverbial Philosophy (1838-1849)
“Our good friend LeRoi Moore passed on and gave up his ghost today, and we will miss him forever.”
Dave Matthews (1967) American singer-songwriter, musician and actor
Concert the night of Moore's death. http://www.nme.com/news/dave-matthews-band/39071 (2008)
“I think a good book is a good book forever.
I don't think they get less good because times change.”
Megan Whalen Turner (1965) American children's writer
“An honest book is almost as good as a friend.”
Robert Charles Wilson book Spin
Source: Spin (2005), p. 261
“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
Lisa Kleypas (1964) American writer
Source: Love in the Afternoon
“My Best Friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read.”
Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) 16th President of the United States
“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.”
Groucho Marx (1890–1977) American comedian
This may be original with Groucho, but the Quote Investigator http://quoteinvestigator.com/category/jim-brewer/ mentions the earliest report found in a 1958 issue of Boy's Life magazine where it is attributed to Jim Brewer. <br class="br">Misattributed <br class="br">Variant: Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. <br class="br">Source: The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
“Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.”
Amos Bronson Alcott (1799–1888) American teacher and writer
Source: Tablets
Robert Payne Smith (1818–1895) Dean of Canterbury
Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 35.
